EN: Good morning, everyone! We’ve had a number of public holidays in Germany this month, which is why working a full week has been a bit of a drag… I shouldn’t be complaining we’ve got two more public holidays coming up in the next two weeks…. How on earth will I ever get back in the rhythm of working 5 days a week? This obviously falls under first world problems!!!

EN: Melanie of “The Flying Needle” contacted me a few months ago and asked me if I’d be interested in participating in the book blog tour of “Weekend Style by Caroline Hulse” and I immediately said yes. When I first started sewing, more than 5 years ago, I stumbled over Caroline’s blog and click subscribe immediately. I adored the clothes she made, the fabrics and patterns she used and yes, I attempted to copy a few of her looks… with varying degrees of success. I really enjoyed how approachable she came across, she took us with her on her journey of becoming a fabric designer, designing beautiful modern fabrics. She has since gotten married and has two (very cute) kids and anyone following her blog isn’t surprised at all, that she’s now released a sewing book.

EN: Weekend Style is a book full of projects to sew and wear on the weekends. The book feels very modern and I really love the pictures. All of the pattern pieces can either be downloaded using the link in the book or you can chose to download the PDFs using the CD that comes with the book. All the projects are pretty easy to tackle that will give sewing beginners a real boost in confidence and will hopefully lead to a lifelong love of sewing! You can also check out Frölein Tilias post today!

EN: I decided to sew the Beach Bag, all you need to do is download the pattern piece for the base of the bag, all the other measurements are provided in the book. I chose a denim fabric I had in my stash for the shell of the bag and chose a quilting cotton for the lining. I decided to change the straps, using the following measurements 115x12cm. I folded the straps lengthwise and pressed them, opened them again and folded the raw edges inwards, matching them up with the line left in the middle. I then folded the straps again, securing the raw edges on the inside and then topstitched everything in place. I also used the measurements for the vinyl bag, for the outside bag and left off the zip. The bag is HUGE!!!!! You can fit 4 towels, 2 larges bottles of soda, sun cream, 1 IPad and two books into it!!! I’ve since parked the bag in my car, as I was in dire need of a proper shopping bag and this one ticks all the boxes!

EN: I am giving away 1 copy of this book, within Germany (sorry folks!) leave a comment with your email address bellow and I will announce the winner on this blog. Since I want all of us to be winners, you can use the discount code SleeplessTour 20 at http://stoff-and-co.de to redeem 20% off anything in the online shop, until 27.05.2018. Good Luck! If you’d like to see more of the projects in this book, do check out the above mentioned bloggers, we all chose different projects to make up!😍